Edgar R. Champlin Explained

Edgar Robert Champlin
Office:27th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term Start:January 1899
Term End:January 1901
Predecessor:Alvin F. Sortwell
Successor:David T. Dickinson
Office2:Member of the Board of Aldermen of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term Start2:1893
Term End2:1893
Office3:Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term Start3:1885
Term End3:1887
Party:Republican
Birth Date:November 9, 1858
Death Date:November 8, 1932
Death Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Alma Mater:Harvard Law School, class of 1880
Spouse:Katherine E. Paine, m. December 12, 1883

Edgar Robert Champlin (November 9, 1858 – November 8, 1932) was a Massachusetts lawyer, banker, and politician who served as the twenty-seventh Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Legal career

Champlin attended Harvard Law School, graduating in June 1880. Champlin also read for the law in the law offices of Richard Henry Dana Jr. and Lewis S. Dabney.

Even before he graduated from Harvard Law School, Champlin was admitted to the bar, in April 1880.

Family life

Champlin married Katherine E. Paine of Cambridge on December 12, 1883.